Enhancing Nigeria's Forensic Development: What It Takes

Even though, Nigeria is beginning to accept forensic evidence in some of its judicial procedures, an established framework to implement forensic methods at the core of its criminal and civil investigations is still lacking.

Forensics And National Security In Nigeria (Part 1)

                                                                   

The CIA is to intelligence as FBI is to investigation. Take away these two components from a nation’s security operation, tell me how effective that system will endure threats and assaults and I will tell you how vulnerable and exposed that nation is.

The Nigerian Forensic Workshop 2016

                                                 

                 

The Forensic Masters students of the University of Ibadan, also known as the "Forensic Team UI" is organizing its annual forensic Workshop with the theme: "Forensics In Nigeria: The Way Forward".
The date is Thursday 17th and Friday 18th March, 2016.
The event shall hold in the Faculty of Science Lecture Theater.
The time is 11.AM daily.

Fee for attending the event is N20,000 per participant and N2000 for students with valid ID cards.
The organizers are offering between 50%-60% discounts as well.

You can contact them on the following numbers: Isaac 08061156669, Victor 08030696409

You can find them on Facebook and Twitter.

Workshop sub themes: Forensic Forged documents.
Fingerprints analysis.
How forensics can help to fight terrorism.
DNA database development and utilization
Ballistics among others.

Remember, every contact you make leaves a trace...
(Edmond Locard)

How Forensic Teamwork Helped Solve Gruesome Double Murder

                                 

When you find a dead body with multiple stab wounds, you say its a crime of passion or an overkill.
If the victim bled to death from just two slits on both writs, the perpetrator might  have had basic knowledge of anatomy.

Convicting The Rapist In Nigeria

Despite the stringent punitive measures designed by law on sexual offenders, in Nigeria, rape cases are among the most difficult to prosecute and achieving convictions of sexual offenders is less common than those of theft or drug trafficking.

Relevance Of DNA Database In Nigeria

There was no way the 2015 Nigerian General Elections would have been credible without the instrumental role played by the National Voters database (or Register). Everything the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, did in the hall of the Abuja International Conference Center was to

5 Critical Questions That Define Admissibility of Evidence In Court

The decision to allow an evidence to be admitted in court rests solely on the judge.
More particularly if the evidence is scientific-based, from a forensic perspective. Many people and relevant stakeholders(parties involved in the case) in court including the judge may not be scientists. So the "process"  of allowing evidences to be admitted is to be undertaken with all seriousness considering the stakes involved. The following questions drawn both from  Daubert and Frye's standard of evidence admissibility guides the judge in determining whether an evidence given by an expert witness is admissible or not.

7 Major Things Your Skeleton Can Reveal About You

Its amazing what bones can reveal about the identity of an individual. Basically, bones make up the skeletal system which supports the whole body mass. Certain  features collectively known as biological profile can be determined or estimated from  human skeletal bones to a high degree of accuracy.
The determination of these features can help in the identification of unknown victims of gruesome murders with access to just their skeletal remains.

Amazing Ways These Things Can Help In Solving Crimes

I will refer to them as 'these things' for now and reveal their identity at the end of the post(that's if you have not decoded it within this first paragraph). Test your patience today by showing a little restraint.
We interact with them everyday. We breathe in what they exhale and vice versa. Some beautiful ones are used to beautify our environments and houses. Many with large surface areas are used to enjoy cool shades from the hot sun. One critical fact about them is

The Many Fields Of Forensic Science

The world of forensics is very broad and includes many fields and subfields in science. This post intends to give a general overview to their applications. There is no order of priority of any kind that was followed. Consideration was only made to focus on important forensic applications

Forensics: The Story Told By Crime

There is virtually no crime in the  world that Forensic Science cannot conclusively solve 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. This relatively known and developing science has been proven to unearth crime mysteries with staggering scientific precision and confident accuracy.

When presented in a court of law, evidences from Forensic Science has given

  the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' condition a greater lift and new definition.